World War II Gas Mask For Babies

This looks like a deep-sea diving helmet but is in fact a gas mask for babies,
dating from World War II. In 1938, the British Government gave everyone, including
babies, gas masks to protect them in case the Germans dropped poison gas bombs
on Britain.This gas mask was for children up to two years old. The parents placed
their baby inside the mask so that the head was inside the steel helmet and the
baby could see through the visor. Then they wrapped the canvas part around the
baby's body with the straps fastened under its bottom like a nappy, and its legs
dangling free below.